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100100http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/124346.htmlWed, 23 Jul 2014 04:11:35 GMT#406http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/124346.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/156463/156463_original.jpg" alt="2014-07-23" title="2014-07-23"><br /><br />It's not your imagination--it's a sporadic update from KT!<br /><br /><i>Jaws</i> is the best movie ever made. (You shut your mouth about <i>The Godfather II</i>.) It's not about the shark. It's about the characters. I adore the characters. Estimate any number to me, and I will add five, just to please the Little Quint in my head.<br /><br />The shark is built with Nanoblocks. They are very cute, but I cannot recommend them. They do not lock onto each other, so they slide around a lot. This is not good for building tiny things! I hope Lego makes tiny blocks at some point. It's something missing in the miniature world!http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/124346.htmlminty's hobbiesvignettespublic7http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/124048.htmlWed, 14 May 2014 03:36:32 GMT#405http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/124048.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/156357/156357_original.jpg" alt="2014-05-13" title="2014-05-13"><br /><br />NO WAY!<br /><br />Hi, everyone! So... long absence. Sorry about that. I have had a couple very exciting months! I helped put together a huge spring festival, coordinated a guest lecture, drove a paleontologist from Austin to Waco and back, presented at a conference for Kindergarten teachers, and continued with my research. My partner and I have started analyzing the camel tooth from the last Ponies and the Pleistocene. It is yielding some surprising results!<br /><br />I suspect updates will still be sporadic. The good news is that things should be fairly calm until October, when another festival will roll around. Here's hoping!<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/124048.htmlnewsvignettespublic4http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123857.htmlWed, 19 Mar 2014 15:08:10 GMTPonies and the Pleistocene: Following a Fossilhttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123857.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/156083/156083_original.jpg"></p><p>This week, I took a big step in my new career as a scientist. That still feels not-right, being called a scientist.</p><p>In October 2012, I found a molar from <i>Camelops huerfanensis</i>, an extinct North American camel, at the Waco Mammoth Site. Soon after, it was put on display, where it has been ever since. This week, it got a little cleaning! My research partner and I will begin studying the teeth of all our animals here at the site. By scraping the plaque off teeth and looking for certain particles, we hope to learn exactly what these animals ate. Our first subject is the humble camel tooth I found. If we're successful, we'll move on to mammoths.</p><p>This was serious business, so of course I brought ponies. Stay tuned for adventures in the lab!</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123857.htmlvia ljappponies and the pleistocenepublic5http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123640.htmlThu, 06 Mar 2014 01:50:22 GMTPlaysets!http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123640.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/155767/155767_original.jpg"></p><p>This intrepid ponymonger keeps injuring herself. I'll be making a comic about the injury that kept me away for most of February. Today's injury is less exciting but has kept me bedridden.</p><p>You know how Michael Keaton's Batman has to tilt his entire torso just to look up, as if he were strapped to a pole? Of course, you do! Well, that's me today. I fought a gate yesterday, and the gate won. Dumb gate.</p><p>Anyway, between my injuries, I managed to get a new playset. How cute! It's a new line called Mi World, and it's sold in the US (hooray!), and while it's no Re-Ment, it's darn cute. Minty always has that blank grin, but I think she looks happier than usual right now. With a few modifications, I should be able to expand a little!</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123640.htmlvia ljappfiller artpublic9http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123154.htmlWed, 26 Feb 2014 05:59:32 GMT#404http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123154.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/155551/155551_original.jpg" alt="2014-02-26" title="2014-02-26" width="520" height="630" /><br /><br />When I wasn't digging in piles of gravel, climbing trees, or building Lego cars for my ponies, my childhood hours were spent watching movies. <i>A lot</i> of movies. Adults said I'd go nearsighted and my brain would turn to mush. I did end up with glasses, and the caliber of my brain is debatable, but I came away with a love of storytelling. <br /><br />I also idolized Dr. Egon Spengler. He was smart and witty, and I thought he was handsome. Even though Ghostbusters doesn't have a shred of science in it, Egon made me love science. I wanted to be like him. As a teenager, my focus shifted, and I wanted to emulate his dry humor and timing instead. And once I began this venture, I shifted my focus again, to the work of the man himself, and I appreciated his eye for photography and his ear for dialogue. His work (on both sides of the camera) helped form who I am.<br /><br />Safe journeys, Harold Ramis. You are dearly missed.<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123154.htmlvignettespublic3http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123029.htmlThu, 30 Jan 2014 01:24:42 GMT#403http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123029.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/155258/155258_original.jpg" alt="2014-01-29" title="2014-01-29" width="520" height="830" /><br /><br />This, of course, begs the question of what happens if a bird yawns. Do they end up flying backwards?<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/123029.htmlsweet breezevignetteskimono's jobponyvillepublic3http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122858.htmlSat, 25 Jan 2014 03:11:30 GMTWhoopsiehttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122858.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/154655/154655_original.jpg"></p><p>I set my sights on a Friday update, and I'm almost out of Friday. I will make the comic Sunday, put it on ice, and upload it Wednesday.</p><p>Have a kitty! Everyone, this is Ash. Ash, this is… everyone.</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122858.htmlvia ljappfiller artpublic5http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122376.htmlSat, 11 Jan 2014 05:23:50 GMT#402http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122376.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/154526/154526_original.jpg" alt="2014-01-10" title="2014-01-10" width="520" height="830" /><br /><br />This one kinda wrote itself. The hard part was choosing jokes to eliminate.<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122376.htmlcooking with supermanvignettespublic8http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122326.htmlThu, 02 Jan 2014 00:31:46 GMTHappy New Year!http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122326.html
<p>Happy New Year from KT!</p><p>We're starting our year with a case of strep. I won't be attempting a comic while on Nyquil, but if I think of anything hilarious, I'll be sure to write it down to use later.</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122326.htmlvia ljapppublic4http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122014.htmlThu, 26 Dec 2013 02:37:24 GMT#401http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122014.html
<img alt="2013-12-25" height="630" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/154192/154192_original.jpg" title="2013-12-25" width="520" /><br /><br />See you next year!<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/122014.htmlholidaysvignettespublic7http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121636.htmlThu, 28 Nov 2013 02:29:21 GMTPonies and the Pleistocene--Big Kittieshttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121636.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/154058/154058_original.jpg" /></p><p>The Waco Mammoth Site has two levels of mammoths. Between these two levels, another event gave us a very different collection of fossils. So far, this intermediate level has produced five ribs from an herbivore, not yet identified, and one very small, very special tooth.</p><p>The tooth is in storage today, but I recently painted a replica of it, shown top right, which we put on display this week. It&#39;s from a baby saber-tooth cat! This cub was less than a year old, and its fang was six centimeters long, root to tip. We don&#39;t know yet which type of saber-tooth it was.</p><p>The most famous, of course, is <i>Smilodon fatalis</i>, and some of these ambush predators may have lived in Central Texas. A replica of one of this beast&#39;s fangs is shown on the left. The other likely candidate is <i>Homotherium serum</i>, the scimitar cat. This animal had shorter fangs (specimens from The University of Texas pictured lower right) but longer legs, using pursuit instead of ambush.</p><p>Until more of this cub is found, we won&#39;t know which one we have. Either way, I bet it was an adorable kitty.<br /><br />There will be no KT next week, as I will be out of town, helping a friend with research. See you the week after!<br /><br /></p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121636.htmlvia ljappponies and the pleistocenepublic0http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121465.htmlThu, 21 Nov 2013 00:37:46 GMT#400http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121465.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/153721/153721_original.jpg" alt="2013-11-20" title="2013-11-20" width="520" height="630" /><br /><br />I, for one, welcome our new, leporid overlords.<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121465.htmlvignettespublic2http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121340.htmlWed, 13 Nov 2013 05:39:03 GMT#399http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121340.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/153408/153408_original.jpg" alt="2013-11-13" title="2013-11-13" width="520" height="630" /><br /><br />And we're back! I had a long, unintended absence. Between event planning, presentations at conferences, helping friends and sharing my computer with someone who arguably needs it more than I do, I got <i>really</i> behind. How embarrassing! Guilt (and a few stern glares) should keep me from doing it again.<br /><br />This is Sweet Breeze, by the way. We'll be seeing a lot of her.<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/121340.htmlholidayssweet breezekimono's jobponyvillepublic11http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120876.htmlFri, 25 Oct 2013 03:56:21 GMTConstruction Zonehttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120876.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/153095/153095_original.jpg"></p><p>Looks like I won't manage a comic this week. Please accept this wee lizard instead!</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120876.htmlvia ljappfiller artpublic5http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120622.htmlFri, 18 Oct 2013 00:51:38 GMTPonies and the Pleistocene: Coordinatinghttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120622.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/152951/152951_original.jpg"></p><p>I've told you all lots of awesome things about fossils, megafauna, and mammoth behavior. Some people are curious about how I fit into all this. What do I do?</p><p>I am the education coordinator at the Waco Mammoth Site. This means I'm responsible for educational programs, exhibits, and outreach. Programs are the main focus of my job. I design activities like small excavation boxes to teach kids the differences between geology, archaeology, and paleontology. Exhibits are important, too. They allow guests to learn on their own. Outreach includes visits to schools, presenting at conferences, and online discussion, such as Ponies and the Pleistocene.</p><p>And then there are events. This is Fossil Week! We've spent the last two months planning our annual Fall Fossil Festival, which will be October 19, and is why you're not reading a new comic. Ha!</p><p>If you have a natural history site or museum in your area, they probably are celebrating National Fossil Day on October 19 as well. Go visit them! They each have their own education coordinator, and they'd love for you to enjoy their work.</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120622.htmlvia ljappponies and the pleistocenepublic2http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120462.htmlWed, 09 Oct 2013 03:13:31 GMTAway on Businesshttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120462.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/152720/152720_original.jpg"></p><p>I'm presenting at an educators' conference Thursday, so no comic this week. Wish me luck!</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120462.htmlvia ljappfiller artpublic5http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120087.htmlFri, 04 Oct 2013 00:29:41 GMT#398http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120087.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/152522/152522_original.jpg" alt="2013-10-03" title="2013-10-03" width="520" height="630" /><br /><br />Holy late updates, Batman!<br /><br />Most of my waking hours have been consumed by work lately, planning our annual festival that ties in with National Fossil Day. I also have to attend a conference, where I will demonstrate activities to local school teachers. My illness was inconvenient.http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/120087.htmlbrightlyvignettespublic3http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119865.htmlThu, 26 Sep 2013 01:47:28 GMT#397http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119865.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/152308/152308_original.jpg" alt="2013-09-25" title="2013-09-25" width="520" height="630" /><br /><br />Thing I will miss the most about the library: Yesterdaisy. Her winding tale is based on my father-in-law's endless stories about Elvis, most of which get lost before the point is reached.<br /><br />Thing I will miss the least about the library: those scrolls. I set them up, I knock them off, and I have to start all over, because the background needs continuity from one panel to the next. In the end, they usually get cropped out. Stupid scrolls.<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119865.htmlschoolkimono's jobyesterdaisypublic4http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119561.htmlWed, 25 Sep 2013 04:26:44 GMTTo Those Who Waithttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119561.html
<p><img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/151969/151969_original.jpg"></p><p>KT will update Wednesday evening. In the mean time, enjoy this photo of Kimono and Minty helping me with my lesson plans.</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119561.htmlvia ljapppublic1http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119523.htmlWed, 18 Sep 2013 03:30:39 GMTPonies and the Pleistocene--Growinghttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119523.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/151584/151584_original.jpg" alt="2013-09-18" title="2013-09-18" width="520" height="520" /><br /><br />Minty is looking over Mammoth W, a young female at the Waco Mammoth Site. Mammoth W (some of us call her Wanda) is special for many reasons.<br /><br />W lies in the uppermost level, unlike the other females buried in the lowest level, pictured in the lower right. She was not part of the nursery herd that perished 65,000 years ago. Instead, she was buried with Mammoth Q, our male, roughly 50,000 years ago. This is one of many unsolved mysteries at the site. Were they a mating pair? Or had they just met? Bones from at least two mammoths lie between them, one of them from a juvenile. Are we seeing the outer edges of yet another nursery herd, or is this a small group who wandered off on their own?<br /><br />W also is our most-studied mammoth. Her tusk was removed to examine the growth rings inside. Thickness of the rings indicate the health of the animal; isotopes contained within them tell us where they migrated.<br /><br />But most importantly, W was the last mammoth excavated at the site, discovered in 2000. Excavation has been on hold since then, waiting for the site to get the facilities it needs for full research and preservation of the fossils. Until then, other fossils remain safely buried, waiting for us.<br /><br /><b>You can help</b>. <a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/add-waco-mammoth-site-national-park-service-national-monument-executive-order/rz2mnmLV">A petition to add the Waco Mammoth Site to the United States National Park Service</a> is being presented to the White House. If added, development of the site will speed up, and research can start again. Please consider signing, and be sure to tell others!<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119523.htmlnewsponies and the pleistocenepublic5http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119223.htmlWed, 11 Sep 2013 04:54:56 GMT#396http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119223.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/151454/151454_original.jpg" alt="2013-09-11" title="2013-09-11" width="520" height="630" /><br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/119223.htmlschoolkimono's jobpublic9http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118921.htmlWed, 04 Sep 2013 04:28:36 GMTPonies and the Pleistocene--Adaptinghttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118921.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/151200/151200_original.jpg" alt="2013-09-04" title="2013-09-04" width="520" height="390" /><br /><br />This cast sits in a quiet corner of the Waco Mammoth Site. It is a replica of Mammoth J's skull. She was one of the adult females in our nursery herd.<br /><br />Paleontologists talk about pathology, looking at details in bones for signs of disease or deformity. J has a severely shortened tusk, which made her daily tasks more difficult and also affected her posture. Like a shortened limb, J's broken tusk was a disability.<br /><br />We could stop there, but J has more to tell us. On closer inspection, the end of J's short tusk has more wear than the end of her longer one. It is possible she favored it, making her a lefty! Looking at her teeth, we learn she is the oldest member of the herd we have found so far, around 55-years-old. This tells us she did very well at adapting to her circumstances.<br /><br />In other words, J was a really tough gal.<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118921.htmlponies and the pleistocenepublic0http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118691.htmlThu, 29 Aug 2013 03:25:37 GMT#395http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118691.html
<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/150920/150920_original.jpg" alt="2013-08-28" title="2013-08-28" width="520" height="630" /><br /><br />The readers have spoken!<br /><br />I updated late because of a really big, really nasty problem with our plumbing. I <i>saw</i> things, man. But it gave me inspiration on how Kimono would announce her news, so at least there is that.<br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118691.htmlnewsschoolvignettespublic11http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118285.htmlWed, 21 Aug 2013 05:27:52 GMT#394http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118285.html
<img width="520" alt="2013-08-21" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kimonos_house/9462027/150369/150369_original.jpg" title="2013-08-21" height="630" /><br /><br />Finally, this point.<br /><br />I planned this a few years ago, that as KT moved toward its goal, I would come to this point. I have two routes, both of which lead to the goal in slightly different ways. Both have their charms. But the fun of the web comic format is the <i>closeness</i> of the author and her audience. At this point, I hand it to you. Which path should Kimono take?<br /><br />Voting will be open until Monday, 26 August 2013. This is a two-choice poll. Please, no alternate suggestions.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1929961">View Poll: Choose Kimono's Adventure</a></div><br /><br />http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118285.htmlpollbrightlyschoolkimono's jobpublic10http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118193.htmlThu, 15 Aug 2013 04:46:37 GMTBumphttp://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118193.html
<p>I'm so sorry, everybody. I really underestimated my schedule this week. No KT this week, but next week's page will be a big one, and I'll throw in something extra to make up for the delay.</p>http://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/118193.htmlvia ljapppublic3